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                    HOUSE APPROPRIATIONS BILL AMENDMENT
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Representative(s): Harrell
offered the following amendment:

In Section: 03 On Page: 047 Specific Appropriation:  180
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Explanation:
Adds proviso language directing the Agency for Health Care Administration 
to work with providers to coordinate education and assessment efforts 
related to Medicaid patients with End Stage Renal Disease.
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        AGENCY FOR HEALTH CARE ADMINISTRATION
        Program: Health Care Services
        Medicaid Services To Individuals

        In Section 03  On Page 047
180     Special Categories
        Freestanding Dialysis Centers

At the end of existing proviso language, following Specific 
Appropriation 180, INSERT:

From the funds in Specific Appropriation 180, the Agency for Health Care 
Administration shall work with dialysis providers, managed care 
organizations, and physicians to ensure that all Medicaid patients with 
End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) are educated and assessed by their 
physician and dialysis provider to determine their suitability for 
peritoneal dialysis (PD) as a modality choice. Further, the agency shall 
consult with the dialysis community concerning suitable voluntary 
reporting to the state Medicaid program on members' PD suitability.
Line item amendments are accepted as part of the amendatory process. However, due to the necessity of using computerized systems this may entail a different placement within a budget entity or the renumbering of the specific appropriation items.
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